Putin fires top official in Russian Far East, and calls for Investigative Committee to check how authorities performing.

Mummified archer turns up in remote museum after locals refused to hand him over to the Hermitage in St Petersburg.

But seals prove more adept at undertaking polar missions, including potentially killing intruders, say experts.

An American girl - sent to Russia to learn how to behave - now flees to Casablanca: but does her mom even know?

Irkutsk photographer captures multi-layered columns of bubbles through crystal clear ice.

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Salmon dishes were a firm favourite on the lower Amur River, while meat was on menu upstream.

But who were the mysterious Paleolithic artists of these rock drawings?

The Belgian Malinois were created from best South Korean sniffer dogs, cloned to maximise unique abilities working for police or security service.